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Hair Styling Tool Creates Multiple Effects

“Hair Styling Tool Innovation”Don’t you just love it when someone comes up with a new twist to an old idea?  Here is a new innovation for an old hair styling tool . . . namely the roller. This new hair styling tool is the Velcro Strip by White Sands. These are Velcro strips that can be adjusted to create waves, volume and multiple size curls. They can be used on wet or dry hair and a big bonus for the traveler is they take up much less space than conventional rollers!

It looks to me that it may take a small learning curve to get the effect you want from this new hair styling tool, but that’s nothing new. This is a new hair styling tool that allows you to adjust the amount of curl or wave you want, literally at your fingertips!
I haven’t tried this new tool nor am I convinced yet that I need a set. I think it’s priced a bit high, but it might be right for you especially if you have long layered hair.

The Velcro Strips are available in medium or large sizes. Both sets contain 6 strips and 3 sticks for $36.00 or $40.00 online at www.whitesandsproducts.com  I imagine the difference of the medium and large sizes has to do with the length of the strips, but that wasn’t clear on the site. It  seems to me they should include more strips and sticks in a set.

To create a wavy effect:  Take a 4- inch section of hair about 2 inches deep, spray with a styling spray and lay on top of a Velcro Strip (Velcro side up) then apply another Velcro Strip (Velcro side up) on top. Align the holes to weave the stick and achieve the desired wave pattern. Do not apply Velcro on Velcro as it will cause hair to frizz.

To create Volume and Texture:  Take 2 inch sections and spray with styling spray. Lay Velcro Strip on back side of section. This will be the direction to roll the Velcro Strip into a roller. Secure with clips. Air dry or apply heat for 4-5 minutes and let cool.

If you decide to try this new hair styling tool, let us know what you think!

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A hair blow dryer can make or break your style!

The base of any great hairstyle starts with the blow dry. A good blow dry sets the foundation for other places you may want to take the hairstyle. You probably know all hair blow dryers are not created equal but do you know what makes one hair blow dryer better than another? If you aren’t a professional hair stylist, you probably have never had a reason to search for a better hair blow dryer but some are simply better than others for your hair and for the makings of a great hairstyle!

“Solano Hair Blow Dryer Review”The best hair blow dryer I ever owned was a Solano brand. I used it behind the chair daily for about 6 or 7 years and then for personal use at home for another few years before it finally called it quits. I thought I could buy a new hair blow dryer, that wasn’t a professional dryer, as I would just be using it on myself. I also thought brands that incorporated the ceramic, ionic technologies must have as good of results as the Solano hair blow dryer. I was wrong. The Solano brand hair blow dryers are amazing. They have the highest air-flow pressure for the quickest drying time and with a relatively quiet motor.

The Solano Pro hair blow dryer below was like the one I had, with 2 speeds with 5 heat settings and a cold shot button that actually shoots cold air. A good cold air shot button is hard to find in hair blow dryers. On a previously heated round brush curl, a good cold shot sets the curl and gives a shiny finish to the hair. And, the 5 heat settings gives lots of flexibility for styling with less damage and just the right amount of heat needed to set the style.

Solano is a professional brand hair blow dryer. If you are wondering what qualifies a hair blow dryer to be called, ‘professional,’ basically it’s that it is motor driven which means it will withstand heavier usage. But there is much more to the Solano hair blow dryer . . . I’ve tried a few other hair blow dryer brands since and have been disappointed with all of them. ceramic, ionic technologies which claim to do better, but nothing has compared and nothing has come close to my Solano hair blow dryer.

Super Solano Pro Hair Dryer

All of Solano’s models are top quality professional hair blow dryers. These hair blow dryers create superior speed and airflow. If you choose to purchase a Solano hair blow dryer you will love the results you get including the long life of these hair blow dryers.

PROFESSIONAL FEATURES

• 1800 watts of power
• 2 speeds and 5 heat settings
• Cold shot button
• Removable washable filter
• Turbocharge airflow system for high performance power
• Super velocity long life motor
• Gyroscopically balanced
• Fiberglass and metal concentrator nozzles
• Reduced noise
• One-year limited warranty

Winner of In Style Magazine Best Beauty Buys: Best High-Powered Blow Dryer You can find this hair blow dryer for $73.00 now at; SOLANO Super Hair Blow Dryer

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Hair Hot Rollers A Girls Best Friend!

Now that long, luscious, full-bodied locks is a hair trend that is here to stay, hair hot rollers should be on every girls shopping list!!

For quite some time hair hot rollers have taken a back seat to curling irons and flat irons. It does seem like eon’s ago that we were using hair hot rollers on our clients and ourselves to smooth out frizz from perms and get gloriously shiny big curls that would last for days!

“I Miss My
Hair Hot Rollers”But, truth be told, I found myself dusting off my old set of hair hot rollers recently and I’ve been loving em’ once again! (Matter of fact, I loved em’ so much they finally up and died . . . but they had a good long life.)

So now I find myself looking for a new set of hair hot rollers that will stand up to the old. I threw the old set out and I’m pretty sure they were made by Clairol and had 20 hot rollers in the set. What I liked most about them was that they were smooth with a smooth velvet covering, there was a variety of sizes and there was a thermostat so I could control the heat setting.

Having a variety of roller sizes is nice for getting different style effects. Here’s one of my favorite sets for hair hot rollers. It’s quick and easy, it gives great curl results and they last for days!!

Hair Hot rollers easily give curls like these

How to get the look from your hair hot rollers:

• Shampoo, condition and put in a volumizing product like Big Sexy Hair Root Pump Plus
• Blow dry for volume, upside down till 90% dry and smooth with big round brush
• Pull hair back into a high ponytail and loosely secure with elastic
• Spray ponytail with Thermal Heat Protector
• Comb out one inch pieces that will easily wrap around mid-size or large hair hot rollers
• Wrap and secure all sections
• Spray lightly with a finishing spray like one of my favorites, Sebastians Shaper Plus

You can get an interesting effect by using two different size hair hot rollers in your ponytail too. Also experiment with dropping the sides out and finishing them with a curling iron or get a smoother effect on the sides and bangs with a round brush.

Of course shopping for hair hot rollers, like anything, can be more complicating than what it originally seems. I thought I could tell what I liked from the picture on the front but I returned the second set of hair hot rollers I bought last night. Long story short, the largest rollers were too small. The box said the ‘jumbo’ roller in the set was 1 1/4 inch. I figured that would be the same size as my 1 1/4 inch curling iron, but it was smaller. I want at least a 20 roller set with  4 jumbo size - 1 1/2 inch,  6 large, 1 1/4 inch and the rest can be smaller. With hair hot rollers . . . size matters!

The other things that matters when purchasing hair hot rollers or, that should be taken into consideration are things like:

• How many rollers and what size do you need for the curl type you want
• Heat-up time
• Ionic, nano or ceramic
• Dry heat vs. steam heat
• Velvet roller coverings or plastic

I’ll let you know what brand of hair hot rollers I end up purchasing and give you my review after I do a bit more research.

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